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> [Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/being-stubborn-has-helped-being-selfish-is-not-a-bad-thing/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

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> [Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/being-selfish-to-me-means-that-you-have-to-look-out-for-yourself-and/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

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## More by Herbie Mann

> [Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/why-do-you-have-to-retire-at-65-why-can-t-you-start-at-70-you-know/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/my-ego-is-controlled-enough-that-i-don-t-have-to-be-the-focus/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/as-much-as-i-think-john-coltrane-belongs-on-the-list-i-think-without/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/think-about-it-look-at-the-strides-of-awareness-and-treatment-and/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/if-you-want-to-play-somebody-s-music-you-d-better-go-into-his-house/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/one-of-the-advantages-of-not-having-a-record-contract-is-that-you-can/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/for-me-brazilian-music-is-the-perfect-mix-of-melody-and-rhythm-it/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/i-always-say-if-you-keep-your-head-in-the-sand-you-don-t-know-where/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/being-stubborn-has-helped-being-selfish-is-not-a-bad-thing/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/by-the-time-i-m-90-i-hope-to-have-it-together/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/the-music-we-re-playing-now-is-based-on-my-heritage-which-is-russian/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/i-recently-formed-a-foundation-to-raise-awareness-for-prostate-cancer/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/you-have-to-be-concerned-with-yourself-because-if-you-re-not-on-it/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/to-most-jazz-critics-i-was-basically-kenny-g/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

> [Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbie-mann/music-allows-the-great-opportunity-to-play-with-people-who-turned-you/)

[Herbie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbie-mann/)

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